Where can I learn to program?

-I live in Rhode Island. I am not old enough to attend college yet, and I want to know if there is anywhere I can go to take programming courses. It is extremely hard to teach yourself and I have tried before and failed. I do not want to wait to go to college to learn to program and advanced computer sciences. If there is any course anyone knows of that I can take during this year please help me out.There plenty of online classes, but finding a good instructor to start with is likely to make becoming a good programmer easier.



For beginners most classes teach Visual basic, C++, or Java. Java is alot like c++, Visual Basic is a bit easier for most beginners.



If your high school doesn't offer it, look for college classes, or sometime they offer summer classes for middle or high schoolers.



If possible, the RI community college would be a great place. check out this course.



http://goo.gl/f7yki



They even allow high school students...

http://ccri.edu/oes/admissions/admn_info鈥?/a>
Try These programs, they are for making your own video game, you can start of basic and try getting more advanced as you go along, I have learned a lot about scripting and programing after using this ;)



------ http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/product/rpg-maker-xp

Look at both RPG maker VX and XP, and try finding things that are like this that involve making games with scripting. There are many guides and websites that you can use to learn more about RPG maker, I mean I have seen people make their own pokemon games and Harvest moon games from Scratch!





------ http://www.renpy.org/ This is another program where you make games but you start from scratch with only scripting!! It takes a bit to learn but you soon get the hang of it ;)



Don't Give up! Ask your Tech Teachers and try and attend clubs that involve technology. And Keep good Grades!
No need to wait.
Buy an O'Reilly programming book, but make sure it is updated, atleast 2009+
Buy a good programming book.